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Caption this picture.... 😂

Annie and her kids checking out the wood pile. Maple is the little brown doeling. Pepe is the black & white wether.

I've had that happen in the past so I can relate to how scary it is. Glad you got him free with no damage.

I definitely want to try a buck apron on Peter but catching him so I can measure him is a major ordeal and it's been FAR too hot (triple digits) to put him (or us) through that right now. Maybe once it cools down a bit... Not likely until September, unfortunately.

I mentioned that Annie had 2 kids in early May - a boy and a girl. I had the boy wethered. I was hoping to pen him up with Peter but not until he's fully weaned and a little older. His mama still let's him and his sister nurse from time to time. I also need to build a bigger goat house that can...

Okay fellow goat herders, I want your opinions & knowledge. I started with 2 goats - a NG doe (Dahlia) and uncut buck (Peter) - that I adopted from the previous homeowner when I bought my house in 2020. I think these 2 were brother & sister but I really don't know. Last fall, I bought another...

Well that's good to know! I wethered the little boy so if there is any inter-breeding that could possibly happen in the future, it'd be between father/daughter. I have my buck penned up at the moment to keep him from breeding. Poor fella is miserable...

Going to create a separate pen for my buck tonight. He will still be near the girls but will have a fence between them now. This ought to allow me to control breeding. Poor boy is going to be very unhappy and confused. Once I have him penned up, I'll bring Annie and her 2 kids to the herd for...

We got a little boy (black) and a little girl (brown) around noon today! 🥰

That's what I did... Luckily I was able to minimize the mess.

She picked the dirtiest corner of the stall with no straw and won't move... 🙄

I'm almost CERTAIN my goat is in labor! :wee :celebrate

Still no baby. Tomorrow will be exactly 145 days since I brought her home. Hopefully she will kid within the next week... 🙏🙏🙏 I tried to feel for her ligaments and couldn't find anything. Her bag is swollen up too... She wouldn't let me touch her bag though. She looks offended when I try. 😂 This...

Baby Watch is officially online! 👏

I checked on Annie today and couldn't feel the ligaments around her tail... I hope that's a sign that her kidding is near and not just my inexperience at feeling for them! 🤞 Poor baby is so lonely being separated from the herd. Breaks my heart to leave her locked away... I try to spend time...

As I said, it's an individual decision. I'm glad that works for you. Others might have valid reasons to disbud their goats. There's nothing wrong with it.

I have goats with and without horns. My goats are kept near the house, protected by fencing and (occasionally) a LGD. Those with horns have never been required to use them for protection. They've never hurt each other with their horns either... I am neither for or against horns. I think there...

I'm still trying to figure out if I want to keep goats long term or not. I've got one buck and 2 does. I don't currently have a way to separate boys from girls. And I doubt it's a good idea to breed kids back to their daddy. The good news is that I don't have to decide or figure it out today so...

I moved Annie into a horse stall today in preparation for her giving birth. She was NOT happy. She fought me the whole way and keep throwing herself to the ground in protest. I was afraid to pick her up for fear of hurting her or the babies. This will be her first time giving birth. My first...

Awwwww, that's exactly how I came to own mine too. We were buying a house and the homeowner died in the middle of the closing process. His heirs asked us if we would be willing to keep them since they couldn't care for them. I only inherited 2 though.... We named them Black Peter and Black...